A hair and makeup trial is used as a pre run through of your wedding day style. This is a great time to review looks you have been contemplating, match hair extensions, talk about airbrush vs traditional makeup, choose the perfect lip color, meet your bridal stylist, and a great excuse to have a little more girl time. The experience is fun and part of the process however about 15% of Pacific Artistry brides opt out of a hair and makeup trial appointment for many reasons. She could be an out of state bride, could be a lack of budget, time, etc. At Pacific Artistry we do everything in our power to make your wedding day go as smooth as possible even without a trial.

Meet Anna, she was a recent bride in Seattle Washington at the Four Seasons Hotel. She opted out of a trial since she had worked with Pacific Artistry in the past and was fully confidence in the quality of our services. (Even though a different artist was assigned to the wedding she was a bridesmaid in).

Pacific Artistry typical routine in booking a bride without a trial is

Your personal stylist will ask for inspirational wedding photos of hair and makeup.

We will email you an overview of all the details we go over at a trial.

We always allow more time on your wedding day to review styles and make adjustments if needed.

After reviewing all of the photos Anna emailed in, the artist knew she would need a few “extras” needed to create the desire hair style with the density/length of Anna’s hair. This was an important part of creating Anna’s style and with the knowledge of the stylist this look was perfected.

I think secretly Anna was a little nervous (who wouldn’t be) especially since she wasn’t working with the same artist as before. I reassured her that all of our stylists are trained very well and can recreate any style. Anna followed all of her stylist recommendations and her final look was gorgeous. Above all she was glowing on her special day.

For all our beautiful brides don’t miss the opportunity to win the Tarte Cosmetics Bridal giveway!! Tarte partnered with theknot.com to offer this awesome beauty giveaway. One grand prize winner will receive a mother of pearl plated compact from the 1950’s (something old) a $500 gifct card to Saks Fifth Avenue , a set of bridal magazines and bridal books from The Knot, and a set of tarte products(something new) , and 2 tarte makeup artists to do your makeup and the makeup of 5 members of your bridal party plus a makeup trial run on your wedding day! (something borrowed).

This is an epic bridal day giveaway that I wanted to share with all of you!! Don’t miss your chance, the deadline is 6/15/2014. Good luck!!

I had the opportunity to work with a beautiful bride who showed me that laughter and love are all you need in life!! Marie was so funny and fun to be around that she hardly made me feel as though I was working. Her smile truly brings light to all things!

For her hair we went with very lose tousled waves to pair with her elegant natural makeup to let her bright blues shine through paired nicely with her Claire Pettibone “Chrysanthemum” dress . The combination of hair and makeup was beautifully juxtaposed with the beautiful 18 acre Farm Kitchen in Poulsbo, WA. This wedding was magic!